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Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda’s aging leader Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to run for president in 2026, the first time the outspoken general has given a timetable for succeeding his father, who has ruled the east African country for 37 years. Uganda’s opposition has long accused Museveni of attempting to impose a monarchy on the country and of grooming his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed him. Such allegations have been refuted by Museveni. The 48-year-old general, who is currently a special presidential advisor for special operations, is known for sending out controversial tweets that have earned him reprimands…

Burna Boy, Nigerian superstar, will perform live at the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey in June. On Thursday, UEFA made the announcement via its official Twitter account. “Big news! @burnaboy will be performing at the Champions League final in Istanbul alongside another amazing headliner,” the tweet read. Oyinbo fans go gaga as Burna Boy attends NBA game The Champions League final will be played in Istanbul on June 10. In February, Burna Boy, Grammy Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer Tems and Rema headlined the 2023 NBA All-Star Game halftime show.

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters, and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) and stakeholders have emphasized the importance of aggressive afforestation and reforestation in the charcoal sub-sustainability sectors. They made the announcement at a NACPDEAN-organized stakeholders consultative meeting with government agencies on Thursday in Lagos. “Sustainable Afforestation and Reforestation for Nigeria’s Posterity” was the theme of the event. According to the stakeholders, the call became necessary to increase the contribution of the charcoal sub-sector to the economy’s diversification drive, from oil to non-oil exports. Afforestation is the process of planting trees in new areas not previously covered by trees,…

Some Lagos State residents turned out in large numbers on Thursday to assure Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of their votes on Saturday. Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere Local Government Area of the state participated in House-to-House campaigns. The residents, speaking through one of their leaders, Alhaji Olayiwola Niniola, said they were ready to vote for the governor and all APC candidates in the state House of Assembly. Niniola promised that Surulere would build on its strong performance in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25. According to him, residents of Lagos should guard against any…

On Thursday, police in Senegal’s capital fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition politician that has sparked outrage among young people. Demonstrators in Dakar burned tyres and set fire to buses and a supermarket in the latest outbreak of violence that has shaken Senegal’s reputation as a bastion of stable democracy ahead of the presidential election next year. On Thursday, supporters of presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko were barred from accompanying his motorcade to a courthouse where he is on trial for libel. The trial was postponed until March 30 after Sonko’s lawyers…

Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, says the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state for alleged election malpractices. Omorogbe made the revelation during a news conference in Uyo on Thursday. He stated that the affected ad hoc staff were found guilty of electoral malpractices during the state’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. ”We blacklisted them, we will not use them during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday,” he said. The REC said the commission had started distributing sensitive materials to local government areas of the state ahead of Saturday’s…

Tunisian police detained a member of the powerful UGTT union on suspicion of insulting a minister, a union official said on Thursday, the second such arrest in a row between the labour body and President Kais Saied. The UGTT has recently been at the forefront of anti-Saied protests after he seized broad powers in 2021 and has been cracking down on political opponents. According to a union official who declined to be identified, Abdel Nasser Ben Amara, the union’s general secretary for culture, was arrested on Wednesday following a protest at the Culture Ministry on Monday. He didn’t go into…

The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Connected Development (CODE) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct Saturday’s election in a way that will restore Nigerians’ trust in the commission. Mr. Hamzat Lawal, CODE’s Chief Executive, made the announcement on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja, ahead of the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections. Lawal stated that through its Uzabe election observation platform, the group had trained and deployed 20,000 observers for the 2023 elections. He urged INEC to use Saturday’s election to repair its image by ensuring that the issues that harmed the credibility of…

Bandits assassinated a Major of the Nigerian Army and seven other security personnel in Niger State’s Munya Local Government Area on Wednesday night. The bandits allegedly ambushed security personnel in Igu village. According to Inuwa Danladi, an Igu resident who spoke with our correspondent over the phone, four military personnel, including an army major, and four vigilante members were killed during the attack. “The bandits ambushed the joint task force as they were passing to Sarkin Pawa and opened fire on them,” he said. He stated that the bandits and the security personnel have earlier in the day had a…

The owners of 40 Delta State Government-returned mission schools have received a N400 million grant to upgrade their facilities in order to improve teaching and learning from the State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. Mr. Patrick Ukah, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), presented cheques to the beneficiaries in his office in Asaba, the state capital. Ukah stated that following the handover of the schools to the owners, the missions requested a grant from the state government to enable them to run the schools effectively. He stated that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa announced the grant at the sixth Synod of the Diocese of…